Thomas Brodie-Sangster | |
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Born | |
Other names | Thomas Sangster |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse |
Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990)[1] is an English actor. As a child actor, he gained recognition for his roles in the commercially successful films Love Actually (2003) and Nanny McPhee (2005). He voiced Ferb in the first four seasons of Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015), and subsequently gained wider attention with his roles as Jake Murray in Accused (2010–2012), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013–2014) and Newt in the Maze Runner trilogy (2014–2018). Continued acclaim ensued with the independent films Nowhere Boy (2009), in which he portrayed Paul McCartney, Bright Star (2009), and Death of a Superhero (2011).
Brodie-Sangster received praise for his roles in the miniseries Godless (2017) and as chess champion Benny Watts in The Queen's Gambit (2020), both for Netflix; the latter earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. He has since portrayed the titular pickpocket in the Disney+ comedy series The Artful Dodger (2023) and Rafe Sadler in the upcoming miniseries Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (2024).